In 1928 a new Churchgate was designed, mainly to cope with suburban traffic.
The original building is still in use to handle suburban traffic and is used by over three million commuters daily.
The 0-4-4T 61 class was the first Adams engine, and these 50 engines were built for suburban traffic.
Elsewhere the private carriage and the omnibus dominated early suburban traffic.
However now the city has outgrown the bypass leading to a heavy suburban traffic.
These superheated engines were built to assist the 6D16 class with increasing suburban traffic.
It served suburban traffic while long-distance trains ran on the trunk line to Magdeburg.
Its construction was needed to accommodate increased intercity and suburban traffic.
The two east-west lines and the Ringbahn were each given a platform for suburban traffic.
An island platform serves the suburban traffic in the station.